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urke

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Registered: 2006-09-27

Posts: 11

Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

After kernel and ipw3945 packages update from testing my wireless network profile isn't working any more so there's something wrong with one of those. Ipw3945 module is loaded but network profile simply fails to start (maybe problems with dhcp?). With kernel and ipw3945 from current everything works fine.
Anyone has similar problem?

matchil

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-11-06

Posts: 56

Re: Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

As I can see the ipw3945 package version in Testing i outdated. You can try using the PKGBUILD and modifing it to download and compile the current 1.1.2 version of the package from official ipw3945 WWW site.

This might help ... thou still worth trying.

iggy

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From: Germany, L.E. - Leipzig

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 367

Re: Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

yeah, edit the PKGBUILD to the newest version 1.1.2! now it works again!
this was my problem:
Fixed #1146 problem with last character of SSID being dropped.

but i have another problem!
before upgrading i used this:

echo -n 2 > /sys/class/net/wlan/device/power/state

but now the file "state" is missing!

mfg iggy

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congyiwu

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Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 16

Re: Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

The extra repository seems to already have 1.1.2... I was having the same problem so I ran "pacman -S extra/ipw3945"

Does anyone know why pacman -Syu doesn't automatically figure out that the version in extra is newer than the version in testing?

lietuva

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Registered: 2005-09-30

Posts: 36

Re: Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

The extra repository seems to already have 1.1.2... I was having the same problem so I ran "pacman -S extra/ipw3945"

Does anyone know why pacman -Syu doesn't automatically figure out that the version in extra is newer than the version in testing?

The extra version (i.e. the one that's been upgraded to 1.1.2) was compiled for the kernel26 package in extra (2.6.18), wheras the version in testing was compiled for the kernel26 in testing (2.6.19).  Thus the module in extra won't work if you're using the newer kernel.

I hope the testing package gets upgraded soon, since it sucks not being able to use wireless!  I tried to update the PKGBUILD myself, but couldn't get a working module...

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lietuva

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Registered: 2005-09-30

Posts: 36

Re: Problem with kernel 2.6.19 and ipw3945 from testing

Excellent, looks like the ipw3945 package got upgraded and compiled for the 2.6.19 kernel.  I'm a happy camper!

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